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Did you know the desire to escape slavery, was once classified as a mental illness called Drapetomania in 1851. Black people were considered mentally ill for refusing to live in bondage.
Did you know that an entire Manhattan village owned by black people was destroyed to build Central Park. The community was called Seneca Village. It spanned from 82nd Street to 89th Street. Successful Black Communities and Towns. A THREAD! #blackhistorymonth
George Stinney, 14, was the youngest person executed in the US in the 20th century. He was so small they had to stack books on the electric chair. Due to no evidence, his conviction was posthumously vacated 70 years after his execution! #BlackHistoryMonth A THREAD!
👀🗣️⚖️👊🏾❗️WWB (Walking While Black). Learn how to protect yourself from racist stop & frisk, illegal searches, and self-incrimination. Attend the free Jan. 22 “know your rights” webinar. But you must register immediately! eventbrite.com/e/wwb-walking-…
The essay, “The Ongoing Nakba,” would have been the first from a Palestinian scholar published by the Harvard Law Review. The decision to pull it from publication is “unprecedented”.. my latest @theintercept theintercept.com/2023/11/21/har…
TAKE ACTION: ✍🏾 Write letters to kids at Allegheny County Jail this season. Info and signup link ⬇️
TAKE ACTION: ✍🏾 Write letters to kids at Allegheny County Jail this season. Info and signup link ⬇️
The least popular options were “increase police funding” and “expanding use of stop and frisk.” Philadelphians want to address crime with community investments and care, not cops.
Philadelphians are united in a desire to reduce crime, but a recent survey shows we prioritize humane solutions. The most popular interventions were: - Stricter gun laws - Access to mental health and drug treatment services - Increased funding for schools inquirer.com/politics/elect…
Isaac Woodard, WWII veteran, hours after being honorably discharged, was attacked by South Carolina police while still in uniform when taking the bus home & left permanently BLIND The officers were acquitted by an all white jury #VeteransDay2023 A THREAD!
With Stop & Frisk and Broken policing back make sure to attend this Police Accountability Meeting on 11/15 at 6 pm. It's a product of our lawsuit against the Philly PD in 2020. They must release data about use of force/contact. If u were on the streets in 2020 u should be here.
The Scandal That Never Happened propublica.org/article/louisi…
Join us in welcoming ELC’s Fall 2023 cohort! Exciting things to come!
A myth is that solitary is only for "the worst of the worst" but 85% of people in solitary are sent there for minor rule infractions. Like having contraband.. did you know contraband could mean having too many bed sheets? or extra bread? #solitaryconfinement #BoxedIn
If you'll be in the Boston area on October 19, you're invited to "Beyond Walls": A film screening and conversation on abolitionist filmmaking. Details: inquest.org/beyond-walls-s…
Next up: on 10/11 at 4:30 PM on Zoom, join @mathuclair & @amwoog for a conversation about their article "Courts and the Abolition Movement," on how criminal courts compound the harms of policing & imprisonment. Learn more: bit.ly/AbolitionSeries RSVP: bit.ly/AbolitionSerie…
Next up: on 10/11 at 4:30 PM on Zoom, join @mathuclair & @amwoog for a conversation about their article "Courts and the Abolition Movement," on how criminal courts compound the harms of policing & imprisonment. Learn more: bit.ly/AbolitionSeries RSVP: bit.ly/AbolitionSerie…
Prison Health Care: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) youtu.be/82QYlbiawJI?si… via @YouTube
NEW REPORT: The UN condemns the US prison system, stressing "that slavery... [has] no room in our world today, even for persons condemned for the most serious crimes" and calling for an end to prison slavery. This is how the world sees us. commondreams.org/news/racism-in…
⚖️👊🏾❗️If anyone knows Dayjia (“Meatball”) Blackwell, who’s being punished more severely by this racist system than it punishes white cops who murder Black/Brown people, tell her family that top-notch criminal defense attorneys are available to represent her pro bono. More info:
I just signed a @TexDefender petition: Save Will Speer. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/save…
Ask any Philly criminal defense lawyer how often Judge Wendy Pew has dismissed a case—or a charge—at a preliminary hearing, even where the evidence is thin. “Never.” “Once.” But if you’re a cop, the only legal outcome is dismissal, even where the evidence is compelling.
Ask any Philly criminal defense lawyer how often Judge Wendy Pew has dismissed a case—or a charge—at a preliminary hearing, even where the evidence is thin. “Never.” “Once.” But if you’re a cop, the only legal outcome is dismissal, even where the evidence is compelling.
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Felony Murder Elimina.. @endfelonymurder
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Betty @bettyhawkins47
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Black Power Media ✊.. @BlackPowerMedi1
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Marie Ndiaye @marie_defender
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Judith Browne Dianis @jbrownedianis
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Colorlines @Colorlines
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ABFE @ABFE
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Interrupting Criminal.. @interruptcrim
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Innocence Project @innocence
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Southern Center for H.. @southerncenter
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Law Dork @lawdorknews
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Chris “Law Dork” .. @chrisgeidner
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The Visiting Room Pro.. @VisitingRoomPr
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Last day of class with this tremendous group of future movement lawyers! So proud of them.
This week ELC student Riva Yeo and clinical instructor Daniel Hessel joined the Callais v. Landry trial team to protect the rights of Black voters in Louisiana alongside @NAACP_LDF and @ACLU. They even caught the eclipse at a lunch break!
On this day in 1915, Jazz & swing music singer Billie Holiday was born in Philadelphia, PA.
Have you tuned into Cass Green’s campaign? She’s running to represent West Philly in the House, and her political priorities are on point. Check out her platform and find ways to support @CassGreenForPA here: cassgreenforpa.com
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Making it Twitter-official that @ruthgreenwood is now part of the full-time HLS faculty. Hurray! hls.harvard.edu/today/greenwoo…
The class demographics of every elite campus mean that students from disadvantaged backgrounds are a minority and their perspective always the minority perspective. This has the effect of making academically talented poor and working-class believe they're going crazy for 4 years.
On this day in 1929, Civil Rights Movement leader, Martin Luther King Jr. was born. Gone, but not forgotten. Rest in Power.
In the black community, New Year’s Day used to be widely known as 'Hiring Day' or 'Heartbreak Day', because enslaved people spent New Year’s Eve waiting, wondering if their owners were going to rent them out to someone else, thus potentially splitting up their families...
Fun fact: The last 10 Congresses averaged 391 bills signed into law per term. This term, 27 bills were signed into law. Of those 27, one law created a commemorative coin and two renamed medical centers. The least productive year since the Great Depression. Bravo GOP. Bravo.
Mr. T. on how he chose his name: I think about my father being called "boy", my uncle being called "boy", my brother, coming back from Vietnam and being called "boy". So I questioned myself: "What does a black man have to do before he's given respect as a man?" So when…
an angry right-winger asks Muhammad Ali why he refused to be drafted to go fight in Vietnam. Here is Ali's response:
Anti-CRT people claim that what they oppose is "white students feeling guilt," but killing electives like these shows they also oppose "black students feeling pride." - That's a world of difference.
The all-white Francis Howell School Board voted Thursday to eliminate the elective courses Black History and Black Literature from the district’s three high schools. The vote was 5-2. buff.ly/487JcOy
Biden had this executive order pre-written in a glass case labeled “break if approval falls below 35%”
BREAKING: President Joe Biden has announced he's issuing a federal pardon to every American who has used marijuana in the past, including those who were never arrested or prosecuted.
BREAKING: We’re announcing a bill to end solitary confinement for 2,000+ loved ones who in PA alongside Reps Bullock & Davis. Solitary confinement 23 hrs a day inside a cell with no human contact. It is one of the most damaging forms of torture you can inflict on a human being.
Took an unexpected trip to St. Louis for the day and fit in a small detour to snap the perfect photo for the cover of my Civ Pro II coursepack
When MLK said, “An unjust law is no law at all,” he was talking about unjust laws that victimize people like Ant Smith who was sentenced to prison for protesting murderous police brutality. Here’s more about the community consciousness and courage of Ant:
If you're a mentor to any law students or pre-law students and they're interested in biglaw, you have a responsibility to make sure they understand what they're getting into. It's not just long hours. It's being available to work holidays. It's bringing your laptop everywhere. 1/
With so much information available out there these days, I do think that pre-laws know exactly what they’re getting into. But over time many of them will learn more about themselves and what they want out of their career. And it’s not practicing law.
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